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Prohibited Pesticide List (November 2011)
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The table of prohibited substances of this document will be updated periodically
implementing the respective decisions of Sustainable Agriculture Network’s International
Standards Committee and Board of Directors.
Newly added substances are subject to a three-year or four-year phase out from the date
of publication of the updated document depending on the respective SAN board decision.
Once this phase-out period has ended, the use of these substances is prohibited on
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Prohibited Pesticide List (November 2011)
The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) is a coalition of independent non-profit conservation organizations that promote the social and environmental sustainability of agricultural activities by developing standards. Standard and policy development and review is coordinated by the SAN Secretariat based in San José, Costa Rica. Accredited certification bodies certify farms or group administrators that comply with SAN’s standards and policies. Certified farms or group administrators can apply for use of the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal for products grown on certified farms.
The SAN Sustainable Agriculture Standard prohibits the use of several pesticides on certified farms determined by international lists of reference selected by the SAN. If use of these pesticides on certified farms is detected during audits, this consequently leads to the cancelling of certification as defined by SAN’s Farm Certification Policy. This SAN standards and policy document is binding for farm certification. It updates the contents of the reference sources for critical criterion 8.4. It also provides a complete list of pesticides currently prohibited or to be phased out on certified farms.
The current wording of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard’s criterion 8.4 is:
Critical Criterion. The following chemical or biological substances cannot be used on certified farms: a. Biological or organic substances that are not legally registered in the country for commercial use. b. Agrochemicals that are not registered officially in the country. c. Agrochemicals that are mentioned in the List of Banned and Severely Restricted Pesticides in the U.S. by its Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or pesticides banned or severely restricted in the European Union. d. Substances that have been banned globally under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP). e. Substances listed in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (PIC), in relation to national bans or severe restrictions for documented health or environmental reasons in at least two regions of the World. f. All Pesticide Action Network Dirty Dozen substances. List of Prohibited Pesticides – Sustainable Agriculture Network is binding for the inserts 8.4.c, 8.4.d, 8.4.e and 8.4.f of this criterion.

The respective references for 8.4.c, d, e & f are: European Commission. Health & Consumer Protection Directorate - General. Directive
79/117/EEC, Council Regulation 805/2004/EC, Directive 91/414/EEC and regulation (EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council No. 689/2008
European Commission Joint Research Centre. Institute for Health and Consumer Protection.
Pesticide Action Network. Dirty Dozen pesticides:
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Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous
Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade:
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Restricted and Canceled Uses of
The following table lists 99 active ingredients, categorized by the sources mentioned in critical criterion 8.4 of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard. The SAN regulatory status (prohibition or phase-out) is referenced in the last column on the right. Since the publication of the November 2005-version of the SAN Sustainable Agriculture Standard and its Additional Criteria, 84 of the 99 substances had not been permitted for use on certified farms. The main decisions of the SAN International Standards Committee (ISC) and Board of Directors are: • In May 2008 some reference lists for criterion 8.4 were updated. The main reference list
for pesticides prohibited by the European Commission is Directive 91/414/EEC reflected in Regulation (EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council No. 689/2008 – more specifically Annex’ I Parts 2 and 3. Pesticides included in Annex’ I Part 1 - but not listed in Annex’ I Parts 2 and 3 - are not mentioned in this document. Industrial Chemicals are not included in this list.
• In April 2009, the ISC decided that until the publication of the 2013 Sustainable
Agriculture Standard - version, only substances included in the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) or Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (PIC) will be added to this list. In May 2009, three substances for agriculture use were added to POP Annex A. In April 2011, endosulfan was added to Annex A of the Stockholm Convention, and the Rotterdam Convention confirmed that decision by including endosulfan - and also alachlor and aldicarb - in its Annex III in July 2011.
• During 2011, the board of directors decided to extend the 3-year phase-out of endosulfan
by one year until June 30, 2012, following a Brazilian government decision and the Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties for POP in Geneva, Switzerland, in April 2011. A similar decision was taken for cadusafos and carbaryl to offer certified farms an additional timeframe to find alternative substances for pest control given the official registration delay for some new alternative substances in some countries.
• The use of all substances listed in the table of this document is prohibited on certified
farms; except of the substances alpha HCH, beta HCH, cadusafos, carbaryl, endosulfan and pentachlorobenzene, which can be used on certified farms until June 30, 2012. Use of these substances after this date will lead to the cancelling of the farm’s certification.
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salts, other than choline, potassium and sodium salts; choline, potassium and
hydrazide containing more than 1 mg/kg of free hydrazine expressed on the basis of the acid equivalent
(including mercuric oxide, mercurous chloride (calomel), phenylmercury acetate (PMO) other inorganic mercury compounds: alkyl mercury, alkoxyalkyl and aryl mercury compounds)
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Prohibited Pesticide List (November 2011) SAN Regulatory Active Ingredient European PAN Dirty Status
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